Articles by Jonathon Wilson
We Need To Talk About The Ending Of Prime Video’s ‘Butterfly’
We need to talk. Butterfly was already a sneaky show, a family drama masquerading as an espionage thriller, but its ending shifts it into different,...
‘Butterfly’ Season 1 Recap – Your Comprehensive Guide To All Six Episodes
Prime Video’s espionage thriller Butterfly, based on the BOOM! Studios graphic novel series created by Arash Amel and Marguerite Bennett, is a family affair as much...
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – The Second-Hand Embarassment Is Real
I get that Platonic is largely a show about college friends slowly realizing they’re not in college anymore, but by Season 2, you’d think it would have...
‘Jim Jefferies: Two Limb Policy’ Review – Jefferies Remains Impossible to Pin Down
Jim Jefferies occupies a great place in comedy these days. Having made his name as a — all together now — “controversial” comic back when...
‘Butterfly’ Review – Prime Video’s Spy Series Is Really A Family Drama
First appearances can be deceiving. What Butterfly looks like, on the surface, is a pretty generic espionage thriller, not meaningfully different in Prime Video’s oeuvre...
‘Beyond the Bar’ Episode 4 Recap – Where Is the Line Between Right and Wrong?
If there’s anything particular that Beyond the Bar does well, it’s navigating that incredibly wispy line between right and wrong.
‘The Institute’ Episode 6 Recap – The Great Escape Goes Immediately Wrong
Breaking out of The Institute has been such a fixed goal for so long that I'd forgotten -- and presumably Luke had, too, or had perhaps never realized in the first place -- that it was only the first step to freedom.
‘Beyond the Bar’ Episode 3 Recap – Fascinatingly Intricate Character Drama
I can’t help but feel that Beyond the Bar is flying under the radar a bit.
‘The Winning Try’ Episode 6 Recap – Now Things Are Getting Serious
It wouldn't be fair to claim that The Winning Try has been unserious to this point, because it had me pretty much sobbing already, but it definitely hasn't been as serious as it is in Episode 6.
Them Again: Why Movie Typecasting Is A Good Thing (Sometimes)
I’ve been thinking about Michael Jai White. Don’t worry, it’s nothing weird – I just watched Hostile Takeover, the first of his movies to really...
‘Hostile Takeover’ (2025) Review – Is Michael Jai White Finally Showing His Age?
You hire Michael Jai White to throw a mean side kick, look cool, and probably take his shirt off at some point, and on this...
‘Stolen: Heist of the Century’ Review – A Slick Behind-the-Scenes Of A Notorious Heist
In crime circles, one has to imagine that a diamond heist, from within Antwerp’s famous Diamond District no less, constitutes something of a final boss....
‘The Winning Try’ Episode 5 Recap – Continuing to Hit the Target With Ease
While it's ostensibly a show about rugby, The Winning Try is really a show about people. And this is becoming more and more obvious as we progress, with Episode 5 being perhaps the best example of it.
‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Episode 6 Recap – Oh, That’s A Great Twist
Dexter has always been about death in one way or another, but its spectre is felt more acutely than ever in Episode 6 of Dexter: Resurrection, and not just in the usual sense.
‘Smoke’ Episode 8 Recap – I Bet You Weren’t Expecting That Ending
There are very few shows that start as badly as Smoke did, only to end up being quite this good.
‘Chief of War’ Episode 3 Recap – What A Difference A Year Makes
After the second episode built to a surprising climax that separated the core cast, Chief of War has to establish a new status quo in Episode 3, "City of Flowers".
‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – And The Tournament Begins
Drivers, start your engines -- the Twisted Metal tournament is officially underway.
‘Twisted Metal’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – A Brief, Anarchic Diversion
Tortured vehicular metaphors being my speciality, I'm happy to say that Twisted Metal pumps the brakes a little here in "LZGTBZY".
‘The Pickup’ Review – This Is One Of the Worst Things Eddie Murphy Has Done, and He Knows It
Almost everything you need to know about The Pickup is that it has Eddie Murphy, one of comedy’s all-time icons, play the straight man to...
‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Part 1 Review – A Delightful Return to Nevermore Cleaved Needlessly In Half
Let me just start by saying that I’m not a fan of reviewing half a season either. But if Netflix is going to be adamant...